The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-17
It waa Illegal and improper, and the action
Of the present collector In putting q stop
thereto 10 approved by the department.
CuICAGo's BooDLEns.
Cook County, Illinois, Has u Repetition Of
Now lOrk'H E1perlsnCr.

Cook County, Illinois, Has u Repetition o
New iorkn Experience. u
CHICAGO, March l9.-Jsmes 7. Connsl
ly, book.keeper for McGarigle, warden o
tho County Hospital, and one of the in
dlcted boodlers, was arrested at his HON,
this morning.
Connolly has been witness before th,
Grand Jury, and some think he has un
bosOmed himself to an extent TINT rem
dered the officials not very anxious to fint
him last night. !
The four "boodlers" a.reated lsst niph,
were compelled to remain In custody al
night, In spite OF the strenuous efforts O
their many friends to have bail fixed
Judge Jamison wac aroused from sleep al
midnight and hurriod 10 the Sheriff.
office. He refused to fix bail until the
Slates Attorney or somo OF his a.sistants
appeared and stated the nature OF the in.
diCtments. !
Carriages wars dispatched in every di.
rection by the prisoners friends to find
Mr.. Grinnell or some one OF his many aa.
aiHtants; but their Efforts we're In vain.
Not representative OF the States Attor.
nOy could bo found, and niter waiting uu.
" 2:S0 A. Nj, Judge Jamiaon3went home.
The prisoners wore very angry aud said
"Grinnell wanted to aeo us In iail: that's
why he's bidden."
The five county oilicisls-Wardsn Will.
lam J. McGarigle, ,of the County Hospi.
tai Warden Henry Va,nell, Of tho Coun.
ty Insane Asylum; Edward Mcdonald.
Engineer Of the County Hospital, and the
employee Dfiscoll and Connelly-were
taken before Judge Anthony, in the Crimi.
nal Court, at 10 o'clock this morning.
A number Of city md county officials
were present in the courtroom, but other.
wise tho crowd wss Of only ordinary pro.
portions. The prisoners were taken in
charge Of Deputy Sheriff.
Gen |. N. Stiles appeared on behalf Of
the State and stated that McGarigls, Var.
nell and Mcdonald had three indictments
pending against them, which respectively
charged them with conspiracy to defraud.
and declared that one indictment involved
completely in the embezzlement OF sum
exceeding 100000, while other indict-
ments were for smaller amounts. He
asked that the three defendants should
iurninh bail in the Hum OF $4,000 on each
Indictment and that bail OF Connally and
Driacoll be placed at s., ,OC0 each.
MIR. Forest on behalf OF the prisoners,
argned that the alleged oGense was only
to be regarded as a misdemandor under
the statute, and contended that the
amounte asked for wers excessive. :
Judge Anthony said that when charge
OF embezzlement WAS made against pub.
lie officer it was to be regarded as hish
grade OF crime and could not be treated
lightly. He cited the action of the New
York courts, in the recent trial for Of
fenees similar to the ones charged against
the defeu?SS1. !:3'wnuld fix the bail in
the anounis asked ios by tho State.
The sureties then repaired to the Office
Of the Clerk OF the Criminal Court TO
schedule their property, and tho regular
call OF the criminal calendar WAS resumed.
While the bonds were being prepared,
two ordinary prisoners were called before
tho court charged with stealing some
pocket cutlery, and, having pleaded guilty,
were sentenced to one year in the Peni.
teniiary.